US EditionU.S. Sanctions Mexican Activist Tied to Cartel
The sanctions freeze any U.S. assets and bar Americans from dealing with him, while Treasury says he helped the Cartel of the Northeast.
- The United States on Tuesday sanctioned Mexican activist Raymundo Ramos, alleging he collaborated with the Cartel of the Northeast to discredit Mexican law enforcement.
- Ramos, president of the Committee for Human Rights of Nuevo Laredo, allegedly spent over a decade "posing as a" human rights activist to fabricate military abuses protecting the CDN, the Treasury Department stated.
- According to the Treasury Department, the activist allegedly undermines Mexican "law enforcement initiatives against the cartel" to boost CDN's public image while on the cartel's payroll.
- Washington's move freezes any assets Ramos holds in the United States and prohibits Americans from engaging with him; Ramos did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
- Past allegations involving Ramos include a 2020 incident where the Mexican government reportedly targeted his phone with the Pegasus spyware program, according to the Digital Rights Defense Network.
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MEXICO CITY, April 14 - The U.S. on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a well-known human rights activist in Mexico who has for years levied charges of human rights abuses against the country's Armed Forces, alleging he worked on behalf of a powerful drug cartel. Read more at straitstimes.com.
U.S. Sanctions Mexican Activist Tied to Cartel
U.S. Sanctions Mexican Activist Tied to Cartel The United States on Tuesday announced sanctions against Raymundo Ramos, a prominent human rights activist in Mexico, alleging his collaboration with the Cartel of the Northeast. Ramos is accused of falsifying abuses by the Mexican Army to benefit the cartel's public image.The U.S. Treasury Department claims Ramos, the president of the Committee for Human Rights of Nuevo Laredo, has been masqueradin…
U.S. Says Prominent Human Rights Activist Works For Drug Cartel
MEXICO CITY, April 14 (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a well-known human rights activist in Mexico who has for years levied charges of human rights abuses against the country’s Armed Forces, alleging he worked on behalf of a powerful drug cartel.The U.S. Treasury Department accused Raymundo Ramos, president of the Committee for Human Rights of Nuevo Laredo, of “posing as a ‘human rights’ activist” for more than a de…
The U.S. government pointed out the well-known Tamaulipan human rights activist Raymundo Ramos Vázquez to be an alleged member of the North-East Cartel whose main function would be to protect the reputation of that criminal and create disinformation against the Mexican government. Chairman of the Nuevo Laredo Human Rights Committee (CDHNL) for more than 20 years, Ramos Vázquez has been one of the most vocal activists against abuses committed by …
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. The sanction imposed by the U.S. Treasury Department against Raymundo Ramos falls on one of the most visible activists in Nuevo Laredo, a city where for years reports of disappearances, executions and abuses by federal forces have clashed with institutional silence and discredit campaigns. The U.S. government included him on a list of people identified for alleged links with the Northeastern Cartel and accused him of op…
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